Linus Torvalds Clearly Lays Out Linux Maintainer Roles Around Rust Code(lore.kernel.org)
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Linus Torvalds Clearly Lays Out Linux Maintainer Roles Around Rust Code
https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CAHk-=wgLbz1Bm8QhmJ4dJGSmTuV5w_R0Gwvg5kHrYr4Ko9dUHQ@mail.gmail.com/
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I guess this is the response that some expected from Linus alongside his criticism of Hector Martin's brigading.
Hector Martin was a bit dramatic, but the mistreatment of the R4L team can't be denied. This isn't even the same email thread where Christoff outright rejected the patch. This is from a second email thread where Miguel Ojeda published a draft policy for Rust code in the kernel. Christoff was the first one to respond here too, with a somewhat hostile take. Torvalds allowed multiple mails from both of them before deciding to respond. It can't be considered as reactionary or a balancing act.
It was pretty clear and something that was repeated ad nauseam that Rust side can be broken with C patches, that Rust devs will deal with it. C developers do not have to worry about how their changes affect the Rust side of things. That for Linus is sufficient to create a separation of concerns between C developers that do not want to touch Rust and those that do.